SPMT 217 Lecture 2: HUDSON - Foundations of Sport Management (PART 2)
19 Nov 2017
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Provided leadership and stability to new league; became czar of baseball . Believed stability achieved only if teams were run like businesses. Teams should compete against each other and owners could not collude. Hulbert also believed that owners must take some financial risk. Abandoning seasons early to prevent losses in short term eroded long term faith occur. of public. Appealed to fans" loyalty and pride in their cities. Hulbert"s league structure makes sense in today"s environment. For example, naming rights, licensing agreements, and league wide television deals are norm. However, not all professional sports are organized in the league structure. For example, golf and tennis operate following the organizational structure sometimes know as the professional tournament sports. This is an examples in which each team is owned and operated by the league as. Many early golf professionals were european men brought to the u. s. by country clubs.
